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Definition backbite

Etymology

From Middle English bakbiten, bacbiten, equivalent to back- +‎ bite. Cognate with Icelandic bakbíta (“to backbite, vilify”).

Verb

backbite (third-person singular simple present backbites, present participle backbiting, simple past backbit, past participle backbitten)

  1. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone.
  2. (informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks.
  3. To speak badly of an absent individual.

Noun

backbite (plural backbites)

  1. One who engages in backbiting; a backbiter.

Results 77 Words with the letters BACKBITE

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10 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
BACKBITERS 23
BACKBITTEN 24
9 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
BACKBITER 22
BACKBITES 22
8 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
BACKBITE 21
7 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
BACKBIT 20
TIEBACK 17
6 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
CABBIE 15
5 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
BATIK 12
CEIBA 11
KEBAB 15
KIBBE 15
4 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
ABBE 10
ABET 7
BABE 10
BACK 14
BAIT 7
BAKE 11
BATE 7
BEAK 11
BEAT 7
BECK 14
BETA 7
BICE 10
BIKE 11
BITE 7
CAKE 11
CATE 7
CITE 7
ETIC 7
IKAT 8
KIBE 11
KITE 8
TACE 7
TACK 11
TAKE 8
TEAK 8
TICK 11
TIKE 8
3 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
ACE 6
ACT 6
AIT 3
ATE 3
BAT 6
BET 6
BIB 9
BIT 6
CAB 9
CAT 6
EAT 3
EBB 9
ETA 3
ICE 6
ICK 10
KAB 10
KAE 7
KAT 7
KEA 7
KIT 7
TAB 6
TAE 3
TEA 3
TIC 6
TIE 3
2 letter words with the letters BACKBITE ↑
AB 5
AE 2
AI 2
AT 2
BA 5
BE 5
BI 5
ET 2
IT 2
KA 6
KI 6
TA 2
TI 2

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